Craig Steltz

Wheeling and dealing: General managers love to do it and the Chicago Bears have been involved in 27 trades involving draft picks over the last 10 years. The most notable deal was the blockbuster 2009 trade for quarterback Jay Cutler. Back in 2005, the Bears flipped tight end John Owens and a seventh-round draft pick to the Dolphins for linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo, who blossomed into a Pro Bowl special teams performer. Maybe the worst move, though, was dumping running back Thomas Jones when he was coming off the 2006 Super Bowl season. Jones wanted a new contract and so the Bears were only able to move up in the second round of the 2007 draft by shipping him to the Jets. New York got...

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